quick note.. The sword breaker was actually a special type of parrying dagger and it dates more from the rennaisance than the midieval period. The idea was to trap blades during a fight not break them, sword blades at the time were generally hard to break as the tempering gave them a degree of flex.
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The sword breaker appeared in the Renaissance, not in the Middle Ages. It couldn't break swords, but it was very useful for catching blades. The lantern shield is much more similar to a rotella than to a buckler. A rotella or rodela usually had between 20 and 25 inches of diameter and was strapped to the arm, as opposed to the handheld buckler which had at most 15 inches of diameter. It wasn't a civilian weapon by any means, but it may have been used by stationary guards.
Love Wolves I don't know if you were kidding, but the U.S. did experiment with the idea of using cats to guide bombs into ships. If you google "Cat Bombs of WWII" you can read the story. But the idea is that Cats are afraid of water and always land on their feet so instinctively the would steer the bomb towards a ship in the middle of the ocean. Problem is during testing the cats lost consciousness halfway through the drop. Seriously. I actually used it as an inspiration for a piece of artwork that you can see on my Deviant Art page. Search for Bobby-Goku (dot) deviantart (dot com)
Sam Williams sword breakers worked fine. they didn't necessarily have to do their namesake to be useful. if used as a parrying dagger in conjunction with a sword of your own, the sword breaker could easily trap an opponent's blade long enough to finish them off with the sword. i speak from experience there.
I maybe wrong but I always thought that sword breakers were most commonly used in renaissance civilian sword fighting where using two weapons were more common and they used rapiers and other similar civilian weapons. Oh and if I remember correctly the Portuguese favoured the sword and dagger technique.
tomatodamashi There are other ways of doing it. Artillery, Mines, and a fast man can run behind a tank, stick it with some sort of explosive, and run back. It isn't easy, and rarely works, but... Training a dog, and gaining it's trust, just to blow it up is sick.
***** Your children, yourself, your very way of life is at stake. Generals have to sacrifice 1000s of people just to survive, and you want me to feel bad about the dogs? When it's a choice between your own child's life or the life of a dog, who would choose the dog? You say it "is sick", because you have never been desperate enough to make that decision. We live in a protected bubble where we can dispense judgements on the immoral (or "sick") actions of others, but unless you've walked in their shoes, how could you possibly understand it? You talk of a "fast man", knowing full well the danger you are putting him in, with little chance of actually getting to the tank or making it out alive. To you, sacrificing HIS life is okay, but a dog's life being sacrificed is sick. If it was your father or brother or son you would realize that YOUR opinion is the sick one. You talk of "artillery and mines" (which were also being used), but neither were very accurate, and were more likely to kill civilians in the area more than the tank you want to destroy. I'm not saying that making this idea a matter of course is a good idea, but if the options are your country falling to Naziism, and thousands of civilians dying by tank fire or a few dogs having to die...this is not even a choice. I will ALWAYS prioritize a human's life more than a dog's, and that makes me a good person - your wish to place a dog's life above a human's is quite distasteful to me.
***** I needed to explain to you why it's not wrong. I could easily just dismiss your assertion of how wrong it was or insult you, but instead I did you the courtesy of addressing your points. That's how an adult discusses. If reading is too difficult for you, I would recommend avoiding the youtube comment section. It doesn't matter what the outcome was, they were desperate. They were facing down an incredibly difficult foe and needed to experiment will all forms of weaponry. It's a lot easier to shoot a running man than a running dog (the area to hit is smaller and dogs can sprint faster). Secondly, you would still be putting a man in danger instead of a dog. You say it would succeed, but if it were that easy, they would have done it. More than likely, that man would not be able to reach the tank, let alone "run back...still able to fight", he would be dead or wounded halfway out of cover. Risking a human on a suicide run is more immoral than killing a dog...always. We eat other animals, use them as we see fit, human life is paramount, especially when a dog is bred for that purpose.
Wow those Carthaginians in the 3rd Century AD really held out for a long time, didn't anyone tell them that the Carthaginian Empire fell about 500 years earlier? They even managed to take Syracuse back! Also the vid mentioned animals in war but never mentioned the Pidgeon guided missiles!
One of my favorites is the "Goblin," a tiny jet fighter that was to be carried in the bombbay of a B-36. It was scrapped after tests demonstrated it had numerous problems, especially in dealing with turbulence from the big bomber.
You! I wanna hit you with a gay bomb! gay bomb! gay bomb!...da da da da *whips* Sorry...couldn't resist that song when he mentioned that. (Electric Six- Gay Bar, in case you're wondering)
4:20 The Flying Aircraft Carrier was featured in an episode of the original animated Spiderman series from several decades ago. It was called "Sky Harbor".
Shawnee Longbow the swordbreaker is pretty useless. if you are unlucky you get killed be the broken part of the sword, which flies directly into your body , at the moment you break the sword of your enemy.
Leroy you are correct it was never designed nor could it ever "break" a sword. It was meant to catch the sword and keep it from being swung for as long as possible "breaking" the enemies attack. How exactly could one think a solid blade could be broken by a cut out in another piece of blade that would be considerably weaker because of said cut out.
Nicolas Perez if you think about it, it's very hard to break a sword using a tool and your strength only especially if the sword was not stable , even if you did, your enemy would still be able to kill you with a broken sword
Melting Clocks Yes...but only to a point. I'm sure it disarmed at least as often as it broke the enemy sword. But "sword disarmer" doesn't have quite the same punch to it.
The problem with the dog bombs was they trained the dogs with soviet tanks that used gasoline. The german tanks used diesel the dogs, used to the gas smell ran under the soviet tanks and blew them up instead of the german tanks.
Joeyplaysgames it is just natural to kill. our earth can NOT be colonized by endless living creatures. the space and all ressources have a limit. that is why "death"/transformation into another condition is needed in this world.
I find the concept of the gay bomb quite interesting- it's effectively stating that sexuality is a chemical reaction completely refuting the idea that there's any 'morality' involved with it. I'm guessing quite a few in the military wouldn't have been comfortable with that one!
the lantern shield was also not a weapon, nor was it for civilian use, nor was it practical. it is a small targe on a gauntlet. the one you have pictured there is the only one ever found and is most likely the work of Holy Roman Emperor Maxamillion I (it seems like something he would make). the average fencer wouldn't touch the thing with a barge pole.
During the US civil war the southern spies would place irregular fist sized lumps of iron that screwed together and were filed with fulminating mercury explosive then coated with a layer of rosin or pitch and coal dust to appear as an ordinary lump of coal these were dropped into union naval coal dumps . At least one US naval ship was known to have been sunk by this method.
As usual I was watching through some topTenz to kill time show this link and said "Oh this is for me!" Then realized that I say that to almost all the videos. So in conclusion, Thank you.
The funny thing about the bomb dogs is that the Russians trained them using Russian tanks. So when they were released they would run under their own tanks and explode or get scared and run back to the their own lines and sometimes explode.
The Sword Breaker actually is a part of the parrying daggers, and as such it was not only exclusively used to brake swords, infact I would guess that such a weapon would be if used correctly an excelent choice to catch the sword of the attacker. In such a role it could be a very effective tool particularly if you catch the attacker by surprise. It is also not uncommon that swords can indeed brake in battle, people should not forget that weapons like swords have been very often mass produced. Not every weapon smith had the same knowledge or high quality material. To make a high quality sword requires very sophisticated knowledge. It is not uneard of that swords broke. The sword breaker might look weird, but it is actually a usefull weapon.
Austin during ww2 over 20 million soviet children lost their fathers. well if THAT isn't messed up than i don't know. And you're crying about some dogs?
the sword breaker wasn't exactly a weapon. it was an adaptation of the parrying dagger and half the time didn't have an edge as not to risk the integrity of the steel. the name was given to it by (i suspect) Ewert Oakshotte and is quite frankly an exaggeration of what it could do. the sword breaker was mainly used to trap an opponent's blade so you could get a free thrust in and finish the fight.
IanTheRed also it was seldom used by knights and wasn't common until the 16th century, long after the so called "medieval" period. the sword breaker was a duelist's weapon as were the swords it may have been capable of breaking (rapiers since i doubt you know).
IanTheRed rapiers are extremely durable, it was so much used to break the blade but to "break" past the defense of your opponents sword by taking it out of the way
Timothy Heimbach very true, that is mainly what i was trying to say but I've read an account or two of someone snapping the point off a rapier with what seemed to be a sword breaker ( the wording left a lot to be desired). i thought it was worth mentioning.
Or you can use a karate move to twist it out their grip & disarm them, most fighting styles at the time used a light blade & off hand dagger or buckler.
IanTheRed was there enough to tell if it was just the very tip (so the rapier would still be usable but not pointed) or farther down the blade? Can you name any of these accounts? If like to see them.
The russian anti tank dogs backfired quite badly 1 the dogs were trained to run under soviet tanks 2 they were not trained under fire so oftenly they ran back to the trenches and exploded there.. so 5/5 stronk russian engineerin xD
#9 Well, obviously you'll have a bit of advantage if the other guy breaks his sword. They basically are left with a little stubby handle and a little blade which likely would not be much more effective then the knife used to break it.
The problem is that this guy is misinformed. Swordbreakers weren't made to break a sword, it was used as a second handed defensive weapon to catch your enemy's rapier and retaliate.
The european swords were extremely flexible, "sword-breakers" could not break sword blades.The "sword breaker" was used in a variety of blocks, parries, strikes, and captures against attackers... The teeth could catch the blade of the opponent's sword and hold it fast, allowing a variety of follow-up techniques. It is not weerdo.
"The teeth could catch the blade of the opponent's sword and hold it fast, allowing a variety of follow-up techniques. It is uncertain whether "sword-breakers" could, in fact, break sword blades as suggested by some scholars,[3] as swords of this era were intended to stand up to substantial forces, well in excess of what could be generated by a fighter's off-hand." Yeah... I didn't think it could actually break swords
Poor doggies :,( imagine being trained to kill someone whom you don't know but the only think what you need and were said to you was feel fear and hatred.
I don't get why the sword breaker is in there, lol--it's just a parrying dagger with hooks on the blade. Now, if it's there because of its name somehow implying that in can brake swords (as the author suggests), it is uncertain whether or not it achieved said feat (during the time it was utilized as a common weapon), and my response is that I am fairly sure that although it could bend some of the thinner (or lighter) blades, I am almost sure that it would not achieve the breaking of most swords (at least in combat).
"ran straight under the tank and detonated." There were also HUMANS doing the same thing in WWII. If the invasion of Japan had commenced, it would've been 15-year-old girls who did.
The flying aircraft carriers (no. 6) were not at all that stupid idea, because they were for lookout only. They were superior for that purpose before the radar appeared. It has been claimed that the Pearl Harbor surprise could have been avoided if these devices were still in use in 1941.
quick note.. The sword breaker was actually a special type of parrying dagger and it dates more from the rennaisance than the midieval period. The idea was to trap blades during a fight not break them, sword blades at the time were generally hard to break as the tempering gave them a degree of flex.
"i know we are in the middle of a battle, but after that last bomb went off, I could not help but notice how your uniform clashes with your boots"
Nice
Lol, and they say that gays don't serve in the military.
Whose idea was it to keep saying Whose idea was this"?
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Lol damn you now I can't stop noticing it when he says "who's idea was this?"
we don't know who came up with the idea, but it originated in the twenty first century and was used during youtube videos.
he sounds annoyed lol. i was expecting some really funny satire after he said it. it took me the 3rd time before i realized he was being serious
the whole "anti-tank dog" thing might have worked... if they didn't train the dogs with their own tanks
unless the dog was shot first.
Who cares if that works? The dogs would still die.
yeah but if the dog was shot first it would all be for nothing.
lolman15953 The dog dies so I don't care if that works.
***** The problem was that the dogs died.
Who's idea was this?
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hmmmmmmm...... explosive bats?
Clark Kent's gonna kick your ass
Incendiary.
Mmm, exploding ebola.
Bruce Wayne does it give you nightmares mr.wayne
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they should`ve called it the "make love-not war"bomb
Culerboi :3 'make love, then war'?
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This would be a great Beatles Song!
The sword breaker appeared in the Renaissance, not in the Middle Ages. It couldn't break swords, but it was very useful for catching blades.
The lantern shield is much more similar to a rotella than to a buckler. A rotella or rodela usually had between 20 and 25 inches of diameter and was strapped to the arm, as opposed to the handheld buckler which had at most 15 inches of diameter. It wasn't a civilian weapon by any means, but it may have been used by stationary guards.
Ok I understand dead mice, bomb bats, etc, BUT SERIOUSLY DYNAMITE DOGGYS?!? Wth is next?! KAMIKAZE CATS?!?!
Well the U.S. did design spy cats so who knows.
+love wolfs I see were wolves
Their are swat kats!
Gavin MacDierney there are armed spy dolphin
Love Wolves I don't know if you were kidding, but the U.S. did experiment with the idea of using cats to guide bombs into ships. If you google "Cat Bombs of WWII" you can read the story. But the idea is that Cats are afraid of water and always land on their feet so instinctively the would steer the bomb towards a ship in the middle of the ocean. Problem is during testing the cats lost consciousness halfway through the drop. Seriously. I actually used it as an inspiration for a piece of artwork that you can see on my Deviant Art page. Search for Bobby-Goku (dot) deviantart (dot com)
Top 10 "Whose Idea Was This" #1: #3. #2: #5. #3: #4
This "Who's idea was this" after every single item on the list is more than annyoing tbh ._.
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"sword breakers" can't actually break swords, they are used as parrying devices.
Depends on the sword. It won't break a broadsword but it will definitely break a rapier blade.
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Just to point out that none of these weapons were actually successful in their purpose.
Sam Williams if the romans thought they were fighting the gods, i would call the claw of archimedes pretty succesfull :-)
Sam Williams sword breakers worked fine. they didn't necessarily have to do their namesake to be useful. if used as a parrying dagger in conjunction with a sword of your own, the sword breaker could easily trap an opponent's blade long enough to finish them off with the sword. i speak from experience there.
On the contrary.
Zoltan Csikos care to elaborate?
I maybe wrong but I always thought that sword breakers were most commonly used in renaissance civilian sword fighting where using two weapons were more common and they used rapiers and other similar civilian weapons. Oh and if I remember correctly the Portuguese favoured the sword and dagger technique.
The Tank Dogs where the worst by far... But the bats as well where just a cruel idea.
***** Why? If the destruction of a tank could save many people's lives, then it is worth the dog's life.
tomatodamashi There are other ways of doing it. Artillery, Mines, and a fast man can run behind a tank, stick it with some sort of explosive, and run back. It isn't easy, and rarely works, but... Training a dog, and gaining it's trust, just to blow it up is sick.
*****
Your children, yourself, your very way of life is at stake. Generals have to sacrifice 1000s of people just to survive, and you want me to feel bad about the dogs? When it's a choice between your own child's life or the life of a dog, who would choose the dog?
You say it "is sick", because you have never been desperate enough to make that decision. We live in a protected bubble where we can dispense judgements on the immoral (or "sick") actions of others, but unless you've walked in their shoes, how could you possibly understand it?
You talk of a "fast man", knowing full well the danger you are putting him in, with little chance of actually getting to the tank or making it out alive. To you, sacrificing HIS life is okay, but a dog's life being sacrificed is sick. If it was your father or brother or son you would realize that YOUR opinion is the sick one.
You talk of "artillery and mines" (which were also being used), but neither were very accurate, and were more likely to kill civilians in the area more than the tank you want to destroy.
I'm not saying that making this idea a matter of course is a good idea, but if the options are your country falling to Naziism, and thousands of civilians dying by tank fire or a few dogs having to die...this is not even a choice.
I will ALWAYS prioritize a human's life more than a dog's, and that makes me a good person - your wish to place a dog's life above a human's is quite distasteful to me.
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I needed to explain to you why it's not wrong. I could easily just dismiss your assertion of how wrong it was or insult you, but instead I did you the courtesy of addressing your points. That's how an adult discusses. If reading is too difficult for you, I would recommend avoiding the youtube comment section.
It doesn't matter what the outcome was, they were desperate. They were facing down an incredibly difficult foe and needed to experiment will all forms of weaponry. It's a lot easier to shoot a running man than a running dog (the area to hit is smaller and dogs can sprint faster). Secondly, you would still be putting a man in danger instead of a dog. You say it would succeed, but if it were that easy, they would have done it. More than likely, that man would not be able to reach the tank, let alone "run back...still able to fight", he would be dead or wounded halfway out of cover.
Risking a human on a suicide run is more immoral than killing a dog...always. We eat other animals, use them as we see fit, human life is paramount, especially when a dog is bred for that purpose.
tomatodamashi You choose to ignore my maybe's and if's right?
sword breaker sounds aawesome. infact several are pretty damn good ideas
Wow those Carthaginians in the 3rd Century AD really held out for a long time, didn't anyone tell them that the Carthaginian Empire fell about 500 years earlier? They even managed to take Syracuse back!
Also the vid mentioned animals in war but never mentioned the Pidgeon guided missiles!
TheAnon03 Yeah, that was a MAJOR screwup when comes to the historical timeframe data. XD
Plus how could they hide it...?
The Sword Breaker was for fencing with rapier's in the Renaissance, Knights did not use them. They didn't exist until rapier's where used commonly.
I like how pleasant the music is in this video.
One of my favorites is the "Goblin," a tiny jet fighter that was to be carried in the bombbay of a B-36. It was scrapped after tests demonstrated it had numerous problems, especially in dealing with turbulence from the big bomber.
You! I wanna hit you with a gay bomb! gay bomb! gay bomb!...da da da da *whips*
Sorry...couldn't resist that song when he mentioned that.
(Electric Six- Gay Bar, in case you're wondering)
That "Gay bomb" thing sounds hilarious, lol.
The man-catcher has got "cougar" written all over it.
Someone should create a blood bomb that explodes blood everywhere and confuses everyone
Aw man i forgot he sounded like this lol not that it's bad but he definitely found himself, makes his videos so much better.
puckle gun... the Gatling guns grandfather
Lol "whose idea was it to make this?"
Drinking game drink a glass of whiskey every time he says whose idea was this
The dog bombs breaks my heart
#10 is sickening. Poor doggies. :(
Bradshaw Dogs? I care more about the bats because bats actually do something useful by thinning out the mosquito population.
are you serious?! lol I care a lot more about the dogs!
Nice profile pic, but the clone troopers were way better than the storm troopers.
worst comment ever...
And you know how many canadian bats died in american bat-bomb?
4:20 The Flying Aircraft Carrier was featured in an episode of the original animated Spiderman series from several decades ago. It was called "Sky Harbor".
"Who's idea was this?" Well don't fecking ask me, I don't know!
The "Sword Breaker" was one of the weapons Sophitia earns in Soul Calibur 2.
Shawnee Longbow the swordbreaker is pretty useless. if you are unlucky you get killed be the broken part of the sword, which flies directly into your body , at the moment you break the sword of your enemy.
Havoc Lol...I didn't say it was a _good_ weapon. Just that it was in Soul Calibur...
Shawnee Longbow yeah and i did add (much more important and) missing information.
***** I think Solomon Kane carried one lol and check out Black Death too!
Leroy you are correct it was never designed nor could it ever "break" a sword. It was meant to catch the sword and keep it from being swung for as long as possible "breaking" the enemies attack. How exactly could one think a solid blade could be broken by a cut out in another piece of blade that would be considerably weaker because of said cut out.
Thumbnail looks naughtyyyyyy
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Syracuse was a Greek city, not Carthaginian. Nice video, though
Can confirm. Was forced to learn too much Latin as a child to not speak up.
Yup sicily was magna grecia at the time. Archimedes .
Who's idea was this... Lol love these kinda videos
I think the sword breaker was used to block and pull enemies swords out of their hands
Why's it called a sword BREAKER then?
Nicolas Perez if you think about it, it's very hard to break a sword using a tool and your strength only especially if the sword was not stable , even if you did, your enemy would still be able to kill you with a broken sword
+Nicolas Perez a sword doesn't simply break it can bend
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Melting Clocks Yes...but only to a point.
I'm sure it disarmed at least as often as it broke the enemy sword. But "sword disarmer" doesn't have quite the same punch to it.
The only thing I learned from this video was Simon likes saying who’s idea was this
The problem with the dog bombs was they trained the dogs with soviet tanks that used gasoline. The german tanks used diesel the dogs, used to the gas smell ran under the soviet tanks and blew them up instead of the german tanks.
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"Whose idea was this?"
Probably Archimedes.
Title should've been "Whose idea was This"😂
Whos idea was this? x10 hahahaha
Great
The claw of Archimedes was used during the 3rd century BC, not 3rd century AD. That makes it six centuries earlier.
I like number 10. Its scary to use animals because theyre better than us
I feel like he made this video on PowerPoint
People are sad about the dogs but not about eating cows? The cows die slower and have much worse lives. I eat cows but come on people WAKE UP.
I think killing anything is fucked up but if I was going to be killed by something I would fight back or try to kill it. So I guess I agree.
Joeyplaysgames it is just natural to kill. our earth can NOT be colonized by endless living creatures. the space and all ressources have a limit. that is why "death"/transformation into another condition is needed in this world.
Joeyplaysgames I love torturing animals.......makes the meat tender.
Joeyplaysgames your argument is hypocritical mate.....EATING COWS IS WRONG P.S...I EAT COWS. bruh?
Killing something for pleasure is wrong.
I find the concept of the gay bomb quite interesting- it's effectively stating that sexuality is a chemical reaction completely refuting the idea that there's any 'morality' involved with it. I'm guessing quite a few in the military wouldn't have been comfortable with that one!
Ok, the sword breaker didn't successfully break swords.
But the real question is...whose idea was this? :o
the lantern shield was also not a weapon, nor was it for civilian use, nor was it practical. it is a small targe on a gauntlet. the one you have pictured there is the only one ever found and is most likely the work of Holy Roman Emperor Maxamillion I (it seems like something he would make). the average fencer wouldn't touch the thing with a barge pole.
You forgot to mention the pug chain whip, a inter linked pug chain, oh yeah
During the US civil war the southern spies would place irregular fist sized lumps of iron that screwed together and were filed with fulminating mercury explosive then coated with a layer of rosin or pitch and coal dust to appear as an ordinary lump of coal these were dropped into union naval coal dumps . At least one US naval ship was known to have been sunk by this method.
As usual I was watching through some topTenz to kill time show this link and said "Oh this is for me!" Then realized that I say that to almost all the videos. So in conclusion, Thank you.
Poor dogs that died because of idiots.
assholes yes. idiots no.
Don't judge them unless you were in a Russian soldiers shoes during that war .
mwillblade Even if my life would depend on it I would never sacrifice an innocent animal.
YourPalAL That's good news.
its just a dog.....
I like the sword breaker
As soon as I saw the Man Catcher, I thought it was a weapon used to break testicles
what about the yo-yo?
"Generals still lose sleep because of agent rainbow..."
Sword breaker = sweet as hell
#1 should have been called the "Peacemaker".
The lantern shield is clearly the result of someone liking berserk too much.
the man catcher is cool
The lantern Shield,. Designed for protection against criminals whilst walking the city streets at night.. They should bring them back.
The funny thing about the bomb dogs is that the Russians trained them using Russian tanks. So when they were released they would run under their own tanks and explode or get scared and run back to the their own lines and sometimes explode.
The Sword Breaker actually is a part of the parrying daggers, and as such it was not only exclusively used to brake swords, infact I would guess that such a weapon would be if used correctly an excelent choice to catch the sword of the attacker. In such a role it could be a very effective tool particularly if you catch the attacker by surprise. It is also not uncommon that swords can indeed brake in battle, people should not forget that weapons like swords have been very often mass produced. Not every weapon smith had the same knowledge or high quality material. To make a high quality sword requires very sophisticated knowledge. It is not uneard of that swords broke. The sword breaker might look weird, but it is actually a usefull weapon.
The only thing im reading in the comment section is people whining about dogs? R u serious?
Vlajic David .........(reads this,......kicks dog).
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Austin during ww2 over 20 million soviet children lost their fathers. well if THAT isn't messed up than i don't know. And you're crying about some dogs?
Austin Faller No the point is people know it's abhorrent but why complain about it now, what can be done?
the sword breaker wasn't exactly a weapon. it was an adaptation of the parrying dagger and half the time didn't have an edge as not to risk the integrity of the steel. the name was given to it by (i suspect) Ewert Oakshotte and is quite frankly an exaggeration of what it could do. the sword breaker was mainly used to trap an opponent's blade so you could get a free thrust in and finish the fight.
IanTheRed also it was seldom used by knights and wasn't common until the 16th century, long after the so called "medieval" period. the sword breaker was a duelist's weapon as were the swords it may have been capable of breaking (rapiers since i doubt you know).
IanTheRed rapiers are extremely durable, it was so much used to break the blade but to "break" past the defense of your opponents sword by taking it out of the way
Timothy Heimbach very true, that is mainly what i was trying to say but I've read an account or two of someone snapping the point off a rapier with what seemed to be a sword breaker ( the wording left a lot to be desired). i thought it was worth mentioning.
Or you can use a karate move to twist it out their grip & disarm them, most fighting styles at the time used a light blade & off hand dagger or buckler.
IanTheRed was there enough to tell if it was just the very tip (so the rapier would still be usable but not pointed) or farther down the blade? Can you name any of these accounts? If like to see them.
I think a wolfs head on a stick kept alive with robotics would top anything you could put on this list
The lantern shield... i would like to know how the heck one would use this monstrosity. or even simpler how do you wear this?
The russian anti tank dogs backfired quite badly 1 the dogs were trained to run under soviet tanks 2 they were not trained under fire so oftenly they ran back to the trenches and exploded there.. so 5/5 stronk russian engineerin xD
Seriously? Not one person has said we need the Puckle Gun now more than ever?
Oh Mr Trump, you've missed a great investment opportunity there!
I think that my country (sweden) made a wierd weapon. The leather cannon. Atleast it's wierd in my opinion.
Forgot pigeon guided bombs
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Well, obviously you'll have a bit of advantage if the other guy breaks his sword. They basically are left with a little stubby handle and a little blade which likely would not be much more effective then the knife used to break it.
The problem is that this guy is misinformed. Swordbreakers weren't made to break a sword, it was used as a second handed defensive weapon to catch your enemy's rapier and retaliate.
That honestly sounds like a more reasonable use, but the question is the name...
Carthaginian stronghold of Syracuse? When did Carthage ever have Syracuse?
They just did. I think Scipio put up the wrong flag...
Lukeeiiee yeah... nevermind this is a top ten youtube video after all
The Puckel Gun's square bullets didn't work because of rifling issues.
The european swords were extremely flexible, "sword-breakers" could not break sword blades.The "sword breaker" was used in a variety of blocks, parries, strikes, and captures against attackers... The teeth could catch the blade of the opponent's sword and hold it fast, allowing a variety of follow-up techniques. It is not weerdo.
Duell Rapiers were not that flexible ! A swordbreaker could break them
lol @ gay bomb
This weapon is FABULOUS!
The US's flying aircraft carriers weren't a WW2 invention. They were in service from 1931 to 1935.
"The teeth could catch the blade of the opponent's sword and hold it fast, allowing a variety of follow-up techniques. It is uncertain whether "sword-breakers" could, in fact, break sword blades as suggested by some scholars,[3] as swords of this era were intended to stand up to substantial forces, well in excess of what could be generated by a fighter's off-hand."
Yeah... I didn't think it could actually break swords
Poor doggies :,(
imagine being trained to kill someone whom you don't know but the only think what you need and were said to you was feel fear and hatred.
Whose idea was this
SweetPlox It is unknown who came up with this idea
I don't get why the sword breaker is in there, lol--it's just a parrying dagger with hooks on the blade. Now, if it's there because of its name somehow implying that in can brake swords (as the author suggests), it is uncertain whether or not it achieved said feat (during the time it was utilized as a common weapon), and my response is that I am fairly sure that although it could bend some of the thinner (or lighter) blades, I am almost sure that it would not achieve the breaking of most swords (at least in combat).
false advertising, too many entries didn't exist as actual weapons.
The Kolibri Pistol. It's smaller than a .45 ACP bullet and has as much stopping power as a BB gun. 7 rounds of 2mm pin fire rounds
spin around in a crowd with 2 lantern shields
The weirdest weapon ever devised (the human mind)
the puckle gun was use in assassins creed rouge by hay patrick cormac during the seven years war
the bat bomb work so well in fact some got lose and brunt done a bsae
"ran straight under the tank and detonated."
There were also HUMANS doing the same thing in WWII. If the invasion of Japan had commenced, it would've been 15-year-old girls who did.
the swordbreaker would never have been used because its unpractical and wouldn't be able to brake a sword's blade.
Poor little dogs
Hey they invented the Firebat! Starcraft Fans take note. & as for the whirlwind cannon, megamaid has gone from suck to blow!
Oddly enough the whirldwinf cannon appears in a c&c zero hour mod as a chines AA weapon! Its called the vortex cannon.
i cannot believe they used dogs
The flying aircraft carriers (no. 6) were not at all that stupid idea, because they were for lookout only. They were superior for that purpose before the radar appeared. It has been claimed that the Pearl Harbor surprise could have been avoided if these devices were still in use in 1941.
But if they got shot it's down hill for them and they get burned easily. +Voitto Kotiaho
DOG LOVERS are going crazy......